But a lot of those who have had them , won't have another.
Should you pop in again one day I'll wear your ears out with tales about Broughs,Vincents and the defects of both the bikes and their owners.
Both marques seem to be owned by the watertight ducks arse mob. Vincent owners will rob their mothers for parts, every time I had stuff nicked from my stalls at Jumbles it would be Vincent parts 75% of the time.
I still remember how back in my youth I was robbed of 4 heavyweight Sturmey boxes by a Brough owner who was too tight to pay the asking price, well below the going rate because of my greeness, but not too tight to drive 150 miles of an evening to do it.
I'll also relate the tale of the wealthy SS100 owner who I once arranged to meet on Chelsea bridge at the dog stall, 'why there?' he asked, 'because if you don't pay my effing bill I am going to heave the effing thing over the side into the Thames.'
Like drawing teeth getting paid by that guy, 8 months late.
Class is not defined by paying silly money for an obsolete machine.
When I learned to ride , 1963, my uncle who taught me was a total Vincent nut, along with his neighbour, who bought Vins for breaking, rule was, £40 for a twin, £5 for a Comet if it had good tyres, because they wanted the front heads.
Cheapest running twin I came across was £25, a bloke at the side of the road who had not realised how much fuel it would use and was pushing it home.
I suppose I have been mentally scarred by the experiences
as I can't see the value of them now either.
